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Duplicate of 3rd grade Map Skills and Geography
Duplicate of 3rd grade Map Skills and Geography
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A social studies Quiz featuring basic map skills and US geography
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1
What information can maps give us?
How many fish are in the ocean
Locations of mountains, rivers, , cities, and roads
Where countries' boundaries are located
How to get from one place to the next
2
Which river flows from the mountains in northern New York down to Manhattan?
Ohio River
Hudson River
St. Lawrence River
Mississippi River
3
Which of the following directions is NOT a cardinal direction?
West
Up
North
East
4
Which of the following is a landform?
House
Compass Rose
Mountains
Legend
5
Which river created the Grand Canyon and flows through 7 states and ends in the Gulf of Mexico?
Rio Grande
Colorado River
St. Lawrence River
Hudson River
6
What is the name for the imaginary lines on a map/globe which run from east to west?
Longitude
Prime Meridian
Equator
Latitude
7
This river borders southern Texas and parts of Mexico.
Ohio River
Chattahoochee River
Colorado River
Rio Grande River
8
Which of the following in NOT an intermediate direction?
Southeast
Northwest
East
Southwest
9
This is the imaginary line located at 0 degrees longitude.
Equator
International Date Line
Invisible line
Prime Meridian
10
This mountain range is on the western side of the United States and contains the Grand Canyon.
Georgia Mountains
Canyon Mountains
Compass Mountains
Rocky Mountains
11
This river is a tributary(branch) of the Mississippi river.
Tree river
Ohio river
Chattahoochee river
Hudson river
12
Which river borders New York, flows through Canada and into the Atlantic Ocean?
Rio Grande
Chattahoochee River
St. Lawrence River
Colorado River
13
The equator is located at 0 degrees Longitude.
False
True
14
This river is the US's longest river, at over 4,000 miles long!
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Hudson River
Colorado River
15
The Appalachian mountains have eroded over the years of its existence. What caused the erosion?
Wind
Transportation
Diggers
Water
16
Why would people want to live near a river?
For fishing
For electricity production with dams
All three of these choices
For transportation
17
This US mountain range begins in Canada and extends south into Georgia and Alabama.
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Stone Mountain
Canadian mountains
